A) Current US economic configuration is increasingly reliant on STEM workers, but high schools aren’t producing students with the skills Morella ‘13
High school students aren’t sticking…up enough spots for them
B) Washington is all walk and no talk—no STEM initiatives in the works Brown ‘13
If you were to awaken…changed to improve the situation
Plan:
The United States federal government should substantially increase funding allocated to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics secondary education for purposes including but not limited to teacher recruitment, preparation and support, and should require that all who teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classes at the secondary level be certified in those subjects. I will defend funding, enforcement, and implementation through normal means.
Solvency
A) Lack of teaching effectiveness is a huge barrier to STEM education; plan solves NRC 11
Teaching in ways that inspire…over a substantial time interval
B) Enhancing teacher recruitment and support initiatives increases student access to STEM courses Sheehy 12
Before students can gain…changing labor market,” he said.
A1: Tech leadership
A) STEM shortage prevents the United States from achieving global clean tech leadership Norris 10
A growing consensus suggests that…engineers, and entrepreneurs, as well as technicians
B) U.S. clean tech leadership solves a laundry list of impacts—oil resource wars, catastrophic warming, economic collapse, and great power wars Klarevas 09
By not addressing climate change…a national strategy of greengemony.
A2: Economy
A) The global economy is expanding and diversifying—the United States needs new STEM workers if it wants to climb out of its slump Carnevale et al 11
Concern that the United States…at the sub-baccalaureate level.
B) US econ decline leads to great power wars Judis 11
The first consideration has to do…over the next year.
Colin Gahungu
@ISUContention One: Squo
A) Current US economic configuration is increasingly reliant on STEM workers, but high schools aren’t producing students with the skills
Morella ‘13
High school students aren’t sticking…up enough spots for them
B) Washington is all walk and no talk—no STEM initiatives in the works
Brown ‘13
If you were to awaken…changed to improve the situation
Plan:
The United States federal government should substantially increase funding allocated to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics secondary education for purposes including but not limited to teacher recruitment, preparation and support, and should require that all who teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classes at the secondary level be certified in those subjects. I will defend funding, enforcement, and implementation through normal means.
Solvency
A) Lack of teaching effectiveness is a huge barrier to STEM education; plan solves
NRC 11
Teaching in ways that inspire…over a substantial time interval
B) Enhancing teacher recruitment and support initiatives increases student access to STEM courses
Sheehy 12
Before students can gain…changing labor market,” he said.
A1: Tech leadership
A) STEM shortage prevents the United States from achieving global clean tech leadership
Norris 10
A growing consensus suggests that…engineers, and entrepreneurs, as well as technicians
B) U.S. clean tech leadership solves a laundry list of impacts—oil resource wars, catastrophic warming, economic collapse, and great power wars
Klarevas 09
By not addressing climate change…a national strategy of greengemony.
A2: Economy
A) The global economy is expanding and diversifying—the United States needs new STEM workers if it wants to climb out of its slump
Carnevale et al 11
Concern that the United States…at the sub-baccalaureate level.
B) US econ decline leads to great power wars
Judis 11
The first consideration has to do…over the next year.